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Vehicle 51587

Class 120

BR Diagram 637

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30516
Diagram: 637

Allocations

Apr-61 New to 84E (Tyseley)
by end of 1962 Transferred to 83D (Laira)
Sep-63Depot code change84A
May-73Depot code changeLA
30/06/74 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 07/05/77 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
w/e 21/05/77 Transferred to LA (Laira)
2w/e 29/12/79 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
Mar-80 Transferred to LA (Laira)
w/e 03/05/80 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
04/01/82 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
20/04/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
28/09/86 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
24/05/88 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket)

Notes

19th June 1986 - Seen with oval buffers at cab end only

Modifications

Feb-73 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 08/10/77 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51578 59580 51587 Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue /grey
51578 59580 51587 Noted circa Dec-67 - in blue grey with full yellow ends
LA501 51578 59580 51587 Noted March 1971
LA501 51578 59580 51587 Listed at Laira - circa May-71
P557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 04/07/1973 - at Exeter1
P557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 07/09/73 - at Par2
P558 51578 59580 51587 Noted 16/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with B579 51065 + 59424 + 51093 and C552 51573 + 59285 + 51582
P557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 20/11/74 - on 2C38 1621 Weston SM-Cardiff
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 04/03/75 - on 2C09 1430 Swansea-Newport with C560
51578 59580 51587 Noted 26/08/75 - On Cardiff Canton depot2
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 05/02/76 - on 2C08 0735 Chepstow-Cardiff
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 17/02/76 - on 2C40 0710 Cardiff-Swansea
C557 51578 59580 51587 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 10/11/76 - on 2C38 1630 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 20/02/77 - on 2B17 1405 Cardiff-Cheltenham
51578 59580 51587 Transfer to BR - 3w/e 07/05/77
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 09/05/77 - on 2C30 1305 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B802
51578 59580 51587 Transfer to LA - w/e 21/05/77
P557 51578 59580 51587 Listed at LA - 31st December 1977
51578 59580 51587 Noted 17th May 1979
557 51578 59580 51587 Transfer to CF - 2w/e 29/12/79
557 51578 59580 51587 Transfer to LA - Mar-80
P557 51578 59580 51587 Listed at LA - 03/03/80
557 51578 59580 51587 Transfer to CF - w/e 03/05/80
C557 51578 59580 51587 Noted 27/01/1981 - Worked 1748 Barry Island to Treherbert3
51578 59580 51587 Noted 30/08/1981 - Lea Valley Railway Club Churnet Charger Railtour 56359-51200 + 51197-56339 + 51578-59580-51587
NH464 51578 59580 51587 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria4
NH464 51578 59580 51587 Noted circa 10/1982 - operating from Newton Heath, previously C557 set.4
51578 59580 51587 Noted 07/07/1984 - Brian Isherwood's Eastgate Explorer Railtour 53666-59286-53712 + 51587-59580-51578
51578 59580 51587 Noted circa 06/19854
51578 59580 51587 Listed at NH - circa Jan-86
51578 59580 51587 Transfer to AY - Apr-86
530 51578 59580 51587 New set number at AY - 2w/e 15/05/86
530 51578 59580 51587 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
530 51578 59580 51587 Noted 5th June 1986
524 53738 59262 51587 Formation change - circa Jun-86 - 51587 replaces 53647
51578 59580 51587 Noted 19th June 1986
101304 51224 59580 51587 Noted 28th July 1986
101304 51224 59580 51587 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
101323 51251 59580 51587 Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
51587 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard4
101303 53292 59553 51587 Noted 17/05/19874
101303 53292 59553 51587 Formation change - Jul-87
101303 53292 59553 51587 Noted 25th August 1987
101317 51243 59048 51587 Listed at HA - Jan-88

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 120 DMU at St Dennis Junction

20th September 1979

Set number: P557

Class Swindon Cross-Country set P557 approaches St Dennis Junction on September 20, 1979. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Ormskirk

3rd September 1984

Class 120 Cross-Country set M51587 + M59580 + M51578 at Ormskirk waiting to leave with the 18:32 to Preston, 3/9/84. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 120 DMU at Chester depot

30th September 1984

Swindon Class 120 3-car DMU 51587 + 59580 + 51578 stabled on Chester depot on 30-9-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 120 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

1987

Set number: 303

Oval buffered Swindon Cross-Country 51587 leads hybrid set 303 (presumably with 59553 + 53292) through Princes Street Gardens away from the Scottish capital. S Saunders.

Class 120 DMU at Eastfield depot

circa late Autumn 1987

Set number: 307

A Class 120/101 hybrid set on Eastfield depot circa late Autumn 1987. The Class 120 DMSL is Haymarket 51587 which worked in a variety of Class 101 sets around this time. Brian Ward.

Inside a Class 120 DMU

4th September 1988

A peek inside a condemned Class 120 vehicle 51587 on 4th September 1988 at Snailwell. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 120 DMU at Snailwell

4th September 1988

Class 120 DMS 51587 in Snailwell on 4 September 1988. It still carries a M prefix despite having spent the previous two years on the Scottish Region. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 28th October 1972

I believe this pair to be 51578 and 51587 minus their regular centre trailer car. They are seen having just crossed the roadbridge over the former A30 between Roche and St. Columb Major and are working the 11.38 from Par to Newquay (NB this is a Sunday). Anthony Williams.

DMU

Date: 24th July 1979

Set number: P557

A Swindon Cross-Country 3-Car Class 120 DMU formed of cars W51578, W59580 & W51587 was stood at Teignmouth with a Paignton to Exeter St Davids 'all stations' service on July 24th 1979. When this image was recorded the set was allocated to Plymouth Laira depot. The unit would move briefly to Cardiff Canton in 1980, but by 1982 was working in the North West working from Newton Heath. It remained there until 1986, when the set was transferred North of the Border to Ayr for its final stint of operation. The unit was scrapped in 1988. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 3rd September 1984

At Ormskirk on 3/9/84 are M51578 + M59580 + M51587 waiting to leave Ormskirk with the 18:32 to Preston. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 28th December 1985

A grimy-looking three-car Swindon 'Cross-Country' DMU formed of cars M51578, M59580 & M51587, was stood on the Up Slow at Leyland station with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on December 28th 1985. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: September 1986

Set number: 101323

A Class 101 and 120 formation at Stirling in September 1986. The leading set is 101323, formed of only one 101 (51251) and two 120s (59580 and 51587). The rear unit is a three-car Class 101. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: circa 1987

Set number: 101303

Set 101 303 has a 120 as the leading vehicle (furthest) - probably 51587 with 53292 + 59553 - when seen at Dunblane. Undated but the 120 vehicle would make it 1987. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 4th September 1988

Set number: 235

Class 101 centre car 59048 at Snailwell on 4 September 1988. It is beside Class 120 51587 which it once worked with at Haymarket. Nicholas Youngman.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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